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In the Thread: Big room vs small room
Post Subject: Those Ambiophonics tricks….Posted by Romy the Cat on: 7/15/2012
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 skushino wrote:
I'm not a headphone guy, and this is the first time I heard about hardware or software to replicate the acoustics of the great symphony halls.  Question - do you have direct personal experience with these devices?  What are the downsides, if any?  Can you point me to a specific device / product / software? The power to define acoustic space, being able to dial in the acoustics of a small intimate lounge for jazz, or a large reverberant church for choir, or a treated hall for orchestra, is very appealing. I'm interested in having this kind of control for my home listening, although it seems to defy the laws of physics.

Skushino, nope I do you have direct personal experience with these devices but I know that they are out there. I know that they do very good job as I personally heard bits and pieces of it and I do not feel that it would be any problem with technology they use to mimic the sound of great concert halls. I also know a guy to whom I trust who did heard the demonstration of the devises a few years back, he did report very positive result.

If you look to evolve in this direction then look for Recursive Ambiophonic Crosstalk Elimination. This technology actively manipulates crosstalks IN the reverberant fields under the Ambiophonic umbrella and allows writing unimaginable things. They have the preconfigured acoustic snapshots of various concert halls and you can play music while synthesing any given concert hall’s Sound Fields.

Sure it is very appealing but unfortunately only as prove of concept. It will not work well for acoustic systems, only for headphone and it is just DSP manipulation with all expected negative consequences. Also,  I hope you understand that  basic Ambiophonics is not comparable with standard Stereo, it is like PAL, NTSC and SECAM – just different systems.

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